Vocation Camps and Summer Vocation Events

“Strengthened by this hope we address ourselves
to you, children, adolescents and young people, so that in your choice
of future you may welcome God's plan for you: you will be happy and fulfilled
only by being open to fulfilling the Creator's dream for his creature. How we
wish that this document could be like a letter addressed to each one of you, in
which you could sense, with the help of your educators, the care which Mother
Church has for each one of her children, that particular care which a mother
has for the youngest of her children. A letter in which you might recognise
your problems, the questions that live in your young hearts and the answers
that come from He who is the eternally young friend of your souls, the only one
who can give you the truth! Know, dearest young people, that the Church
anxiously follows your progress and your choices. And how beautiful it would be
if this letter would rouse up in you some kind of response, so that a dialogue
may continue with the one who is guiding you...”

By accepting this message, you will be leaving the website of the
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. This link is provided
solely for the user's convenience. By providing this link, the United
States Conference of Catholic Bishops assumes no responsibility for,
nor does it necessarily endorse, the website, its content, or
sponsoring organizations.